Quote: Originally Posted by olblueyez A) It was Beefy's assertion that there were more than two categories. B) What have you bought for your headphone rig that came with IC's, It was me who said if you buy anything but the cheapest cable you can find then that would make you a...

Quote: Originally Posted by olblueyez My goal was to highlight the irony of people bitching about cables and then coming here saying they don't use cheap cables If that's true then your argument up until now does not make logical sense. If most people posting here are actually...

Quote: Originally Posted by olblueyez The name of the thread is "What IC cables do non-believers use?" Not partial believers Beefy. Ah meaningless extreme points of view. I guess all the partial-believers should stop posting in the thread so we can see if there's anyone who meets...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nick H. So now I'm satisfied that my $827 IEMs are much better than any $1500 headphones (even though admittedly I've only tried Grados) and MUCH, MUCH better value. You said quite a lot there that I don't think will really stand up to scrutiny, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nick H. If I leave the amp at home I always think "dammit, I'm not hearing all the music. This is a wasted listening experience." To me that's far more of a sad situation. If you need a $2500 portable rig to enjoy your music then I'm sorry for you and...

Portable audio has it's place and likely always will, but I do think Luminette is correct. In my experience there's always been a significant gap between lightweight portable systems and the less constrained full size setups (and on to speakers as well obviously). Those limited to a portable...

Quote: Originally Posted by tyre Yeah, I'm going to use an LM317 based power supply. Fortunately, someone's already done the math for us. Here's an ESL power supply schematic, also using an Emco with a 12V input limit. Here's a link to the website. On another tangent, a 12V input...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer Don't get me started on this POS... (I need a vomiting smiley...) I somebody buys this he needs his head checked... That was certainly my thought looking at the parts complement. Tube choices don't come any more generic than 12ax7s with...

Quote: Originally Posted by derekbmn I personally don't have much new here to report on the Stax front , but am looking forward to some more impressions on the 007 mk2s. And again where is Carl !?? Anyone know ? I can say nothing bad has happened. Been chatting with him elsewhere...

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis The sad news are that all the 10 units have been reserved. But the good news are that he will likely built more of them next year. Sounds promising. Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis I usually don't care too much about looks...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer The sad part is the fixed number draws people in. I guess it's better to sell 10 and get it over with rather then being stuck with some of them. I know Justin sees the extra demand for electrostatic amps and I'm sure he'll do something nice for us...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer I don't like the Pro's at all. The bass is uneven and the recessed midrange is very annoying. The SC1 is a much better headphone and my first impressions of the 4070 are pretty good. Yes, with the different housing those drivers sound very...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot A diagonal line on phase response indicates that the channels were subtracted improperly. It should be read as flat. On a phase response graph, yes. The 5G line is flatter than the 6G in the mixed phase response graphs. See here (5G is Blue, 6G...

Just to give everyone an idea of what an ideal audio player would look like on paper I generated the following graphs. The way this measurement software works is by feeding in a source audio file which you then playback through the device. You then record the output of the device on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by madman91 Uh... You have to clean them?!?!?! How exactly do they get _dirty_ ? I have never had such a problem. Even with IEM's. Some people's ears create more wax than others. I don't have much problem with it myself. I just clean my ears every once in...

Quote: Originally Posted by chef8489 Not using eq but there is defently some distortion and crackeling on about 1/3 of my music.an example would be half the songs on Evanescence Fallen album. I have that album in lossless on my iPod and since you mentioned it I've been listening...

Quote: Originally Posted by Elephas I like the 4070 very much, but prefer the O2. The 4070 seems colder and less "musical" than the O2. Listening to the 4070 is an activity that is reminiscent of the words printed on their sides, "Monitor." I feel somewhat emotionally detached, like I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot There are no phase or treble problems. The measurements posted earlier were misinterpreted. They show just as good performance, if not better, than the 5.5g. Uh, what? Have I missed something?

It's just a possibility but crackling could be mastering issues from your CDs that's causing clipping. Especially if you're using the iPod's EQ. MP3 encoders can tend to mask some problems like this.

Quote: Originally Posted by Blaine Not for the first time on these forums, you are talking total rubbish. All I've done is ask for proof, if that's "talking total rubbish" then I guess I can't change your opinion. Lets look at that article, I'll remove all the text that's just...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot You HAVE to apply compression if you are going to record vocals. EVERY recording studio has compressors. In fact, that's one of the areas where the big bucks are spent, along with really good mike pres, and microphones. Compression is a tool that...

Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ What? It sounds nothing like the 5th gen. <insert witty insult here> It sounds nothing like the 4G either. Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ And the DAC is not made by Wolfson. Wolfson even admitted that Apple used another...

Quote: Originally Posted by earwicker7 Oh, one other thing... I think I'm going to have one of the 10 Blue Hawaii limited editions. Sounds like a good choice to me. Wish I had the cash spare to pony up for one of those myself. Quote: Originally Posted by earwicker7...

If you're applying compression then you're wasting the extra dynamic range 24-bit offers anyway. 16-bit will definitely sound just as good if you do that. What you described is akin to saying an someone with a walking stick can run as fast as an Olympic sprinter and you break the sprinter's leg...

Quote: Originally Posted by druelle mirumu: I notice you measured the sine wave through the headphone out. It's been well documented in these (and other) forums that the headphone out of the Classic is sub-par. Is there any way you could measure the same sine wave through a LOD to...